{"id":82183,"date":"2020-05-19T18:45:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T23:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82183"},"modified":"2020-05-19T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T23:45:26","slug":"news-and-analysis-5-19-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82183","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (5\/19\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The virtual meeting joint statement of the four countries: they support the initiative of the UN Secretary-General of the ceasefire and call for a ceasefire throughout  Afghanistan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2224964\/1-pakistan-china-russia-iran-join-hands-afghan-truce\/\">Pakistan, China, Russia <g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">and<\/g> Iran Join Hands for Afghan T<g class=\"gr_ gr_23 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"23\" data-gr-id=\"23\">ruce<\/g><\/a> (Express-Tribune)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A week after he protested the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153growing tide of Islamophobia in India, &#8230; his house was<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/delhi-police-raid-minority-commission-chiefs-house-seize-his-phone\/articleshow\/75591548.cms\" target=\"_blank\"> raided<\/a> by the Delhi Police, which also seized the mobile phone from which he put out his social media posts&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/scholar-editor-and-now-sedition-accused-delhi-minorities-panel-chief-zafarul-islam-khan\/423593\/\">Scholar, Editor and Now Sedition-accused: Delhi Minorities Panel Chief Zafarul-Islam Khan<\/a> (The Print)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent move to open up Jammu &amp; Kashmir for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1545748\/india-issues-new-domicile-law-for-held-kashmir\">settlement by outsiders<\/a> is fuelling fears of another &#8216;Palestine in the making&#8217; among its Muslim majority residents&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/india\/1834012\/after-article-370-new-jammu-kashmir-domicile-law-fuels-anxiety\/\">India\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Domicile Law for Jammu &amp; Kashmir Is Making Residents Anxious<\/a> (Quartz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; while another rebel leader&#8217;s death sparks more demonstrations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/05\/india-troops-kill-top-kashmir-rebel-aide-srinagar-gun-battle-200519164702831.html\">India Troops Kill Top Kashmir Rebel, Aide in Srinagar Gun Battle<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The arson attack killed 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, later died of their wounds. Ali&#8217;s four-year-old brother Ahmad survived with burns on his body&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/05\/jewish-settler-convicted-arson-killed-palestinian-200518075142356.html\">Jewish Settler Convicted in Arson Attack that Killed Palestinians<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Palestinians end agreements with Israel; will Jordan support them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-05\/20\/c_139070666.htm\">Palestine abolishes All Agreements with Israel, U.S. to Protest Against West Bank Annexation<\/a> (Xinhaunet)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1676256\/middle-east\">Jordan, Palestine Ponder Joint Suspension of Israel Agreements<\/a> (Arab News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslims arrive at different conclusions on how to celebrate Eid as coronavirus begins to ebb:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourvalley.net\/stories\/jerusalems-al-aqsa-mosque-to-reopen-after-muslim-holiday,159630\">Jerusalem&#8217;s Al-Aqsa Mosque to Reopen After Muslim Holiday<\/a> (Daily Independent)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-52716535\">Coronavirus: Muslim Council Urges People to Avoid Communal Eid Celebrations<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/covid-19-pandemic\/senegal-muslims-divided-mosques-opening-during-pandemic\">Senegal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Opening Mosques During Pandemic Divides Muslim Community <\/a>(VOA News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>UNRWA said  it is confronted with greater need due to increase in number of registered Palestinian refugees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/india-provides-us-2-million-unrwa-welfare-palestine-refugees\">India Provides US$ 2 Million to UNRWA for the Welfare of Palestine Refugees<\/a> (ReliefWeb)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Iran denied involvement in the failed April 24 hacking&#8221; that Israel says justified its &#8220;major cyberattack on an Iranian port that caused transport chaos for days after crashing the facility&#8217;s computer system&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/05\/israel-cyberattack-caused-total-disarray-iran-port-report-200519163117789.html\">Israel Cyberattack Caused &#8216;Total Disarray&#8217; at Iran Port: Report<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>US Navy draws a red line in the sea, at 100 meters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/middle-east\/2020\/05\/us-navy-issues-new-guidelines-after-close-iran-encounters\/\">US Navy Issues New Guidelines After Close Iran Encounters<\/a> (AP \/ WTOP)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The virtual meeting joint statement of the four countries: they support the initiative of the UN Secretary-General of the ceasefire and call for a ceasefire throughout Afghanistan: Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran Join Hands for Afghan Truce (Express-Tribune) A week after he protested the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153growing tide of Islamophobia in India, &#8230; his house was raided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122827,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/122827"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82183"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82204,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82183\/revisions\/82204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}